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TROVARSI x ALX-106 deliver brutal techno fed by serious live chops
Nothing puts life back in the groove quite like playing live. In a pairing of two total legends, Trovarsi and ALX-106 team up to drop some hard-slapping techno in the classic mold out on DC-based Black Techno Matters. And it’s got all the animation of their live sets combined with pitch-perfect production. It’s top-quality techno right when we need it: no hype, no TikTok genres, just a devastating kick from the kick.
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Worlds of sound from hacked hard drives, piano-triggered modular
NYC-based Purplish Records releases music on cassette in batches, and this double release is a serious gem. Ipek Eginli creates a magical cloud world of prepared piano interconnected with modular synths, as Jad Atoui transforms discarded hard drives into mechanical compositional machines.
Peter Kirn - February 7, 2025
DIY + Unusual Music Stories Tech
A fantasy combo of Chicago footwork and Polish folk rhythmic asymmetry
You may need to buy some new sneakers for this one. “Anthropologist-dreamer” Piotr “Gary” Gwadera has combined the intricacies of Polish folk rhythms with Chicago footwork grooves. Catch the CTA to some oberek, kids.
Journey to the forests of the Amazon and Poland with blind artist Izabela Dłużyk
Peter Kirn - November 12, 2024
DIY + Unusual Music Stories Tech
Brahmaputra to AI: debashis sinha on practice, body, humanness, and his double release
Peter Kirn - March 23, 2023
Establishment Music Stories Tech
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